authentication

We all have our preference over AAA protocols. The most popular being RADIUS, with TACACS+ having a following only due to historical momentum of the company using it. DIAMETER is slowly coming to the market due to it’s more ‘enhanced’ capabilities, but it’s hard to change from “what works”. And TACACS+, my friends, just works. I won’t go into detail on why I love that protocol, but instead, tell you about what I learned today.
Why move away from tac_plus?
For years, I’ve been using the tac_plus daemon to do all of my AAA (Authentication/Authorization/Accounting) needs. It’s free, it’s so...